Feed-regulator



(No Model.)

B. A. HOOVER.

FEED REGULATOR.

No. 384,443. Patented June 12, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFIcE.

ELLIS A. HOOVER, OF WEST MILTON, OHIO.

FEED-REGULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,443, dated June 12,1888.

Application filed January 21,1888. Serial No. 261,543. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELLIS A. Hooves, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vest Milton, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Regulators;and'I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, refersupporting theopposite side on a pivotal lever having a counter-weight attachedthereto to support thefree end of the said hopper, and to which leverare attached arms carrying a valve which closes the supply-spout whenthe side of the hopper descends by the accummulation of grain within thesame.

The mechanism is illustrated panying drawings, in which- Figure I is aside elevation of the regulator with portions out awayto exhibit theinterior. Fig. H is a top view of the supplypipe with contiguous parts.

Like letters designate like parts in both figures.

The frame A serves to support one side of the hopper B on pivots, theopposite being supported by the arm F, depending from lever G, and thesupply-pipe H is held in crossin the accompieces of the-same, and isclosed by the valve J, held in arms of said lever. This frame may begreatly modified or entirely dispensed with, as the hopper may, in part,be supported on the burr-stone or roller-frame, and the supply-pipe, asis ordinarily the case, may be supported in the floor overhead. Thehopper B is constructed in the usual form with inclining bottom andterminating in a short spout. One side is supported by pivots E on theframe or otherwise, as may be convenient, and the other side isconnected by the rod F to the end of the lever G, and these form thesupports for the hopper. The lever G has a yoke which surrounds thesupply-pipe H and on which it is supported by the pivots 0, attached tothe sides ofsaid pipe. To the one end is connected the aforesaid rod andto the other end is attached the counter-Weight K, and from be neathextend the arms I, to which is attached the valve .1", whose face coversthe outlet of the supply-pipe. The pipe 0 is supported in a cross-pieceof the frame; but the usual support will be the frames of either theburrstones or the roller-mill. The end ofthe hopper slightly extendsinto the end of this pipe. The pipe O has a slide, D, to regulate theflow of the grain to the burr stones or to the rollers, as the case maybe.

The operation is thus: The grain pouring into thesupply-pipe O fasterthan it issues to the rollers, it accumulates in the hopper. This causesa descent of the side of said hopper, which movement causes the valve Jto cover the end of the supply-pipe, and the flow of grain is stoppeduntil the hopper is so far discharged as to be overcome by thecounterweight, when the valve is again opened and the flow is resumed.The flow to the hopper is thus automatically regulated.

Having fully described my iuveutiomwhat I I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The combinatiomwith the supply-pipe, of the hopper having one sidesuspended on pivots and the opposite suspended from a pivotal lever, avalve attached to said lever to close the orifice of the supply-pipe,anda counter-weight thereon to serve as a eouuterpoise to the unloadedhopper, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ELLIS A. HOOVER.

\Vitnesses:

B. PIOKERING, SUMNER '1. SMITH.

